Featuring my home town in the UK. Wonderful photography by Stephen Banks.
A beautiful short film
January 24, 2012 By 6 Comments
Incredible crochet
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This incredible video by Nick Hand shows Shauna Richardson making enormous animal sculptures with nothing more than a crochet hook and a mountain of yarn. If you have ever thought your knitting or crochet project was taking forever to finish, this will put it into perspective! Shauna Richardson: Crochetdermy from Nick Hand on Vimeo. Thanks [...]
A new year, a birthday and silver linings
December 31, 2011 By 5 Comments
Today was my birthday. I am very much looking forward to the coming year. And to be honest, I’m glad to put this last year behind me. I spent a large part of this last year being treated for cancer, and finding out what it feels like to be weak, sick and limited. But I [...]
Master knitter
November 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The East Side Culture Crawl in Vancouver was certainly an eye opener. I realised that the area around Prior Street near Commercial was something of a hub for artists, having commissioned work from a jeweller there previously and seen the number of studios operating. But once the doors of all the little studios, some in [...]
Completion
November 10, 2011 By 2 Comments
I have been bursting with creative ideas and enthusiasm the last few months. I think a major reason for this has been progress following on from some fantastic courses. But there’s another side to living with a constant stream of potentially exciting creative ideas. Which one to pick?. How many to do at once?. And [...]
The noro bandit
November 7, 2011 By 4 Comments
My brother is getting this for Christmas. Maybe I’m taking a slight risk putting this out there but I think he’s pretty distracted by his new baby so probably won’t be checking my blog… Can I just say how much I enjoyed making this? It looks very simple (and is if you know what you [...]
